ouragan

French edit

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ouragan

Etymology edit

Ultimately from Taíno *hurakā (“hurricane”), via a Caribbean form with /-ɡ-/.^[1]

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /u.ʁa.ɡɑ̃/
Audio (France, Paris) (file)
Homophone: ouragans

Noun edit

ouragan m (plural ouragans)

(weather) hurricane

Descendants edit

Saint Dominican Creole French: zouragan
Polish: huragan
- → Yiddish: הוראַגאַן (huragan)
Russian: урага́н (uragán)
- → Yiddish: הוראַגאַן (huragan)
Ukrainian: урага́н (urahán)
- → Yiddish: הוראַגאַן (huragan)

References edit

^ “ouragan”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Norman edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French ouragan.

Noun edit

ouragan m (plural ouragans)

(Jersey, weather) hurricane

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